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voters in illinois are actually voting on this race twice. once to replace roland burris who is leading the senate. and then for the term that begins next january. this is one of those races though that i expect we're going to be up late watching. it has also been a race that defied a lot of the national trends out there because of the two candidates. they were... you had basically the attack of one alexi giannoulias of being a mob banker and mark kirk being untruthful about his record in vietnam. it just got very nasty throughout had entire campaign. >> ifill: have to move on to another one we're watching. this one is in wisconsin. russ feingold the democratic incumbent who everybody thinks is often in washington is out of step with his own party but not out of step enough when it comes to what's going on with him. >> quirky independent. you heard that about him. that ought to be a good profile for this election. it hasn't turned out that way. we don't know how this election is going to go. >> ifill: 5% reporting but 61% for johnson. 31% for
voters in illinois are actually voting on this race twice. once to replace roland burris who is leading the senate. and then for the term that begins next january. this is one of those races though that i expect we're going to be up late watching. it has also been a race that defied a lot of the national trends out there because of the two candidates. they were... you had basically the attack of one alexi giannoulias of being a mob banker and mark kirk being untruthful about his record in...
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tonight a progressive proposal from democratic congresswoman jan schakowsky of illinois. she's a member of the president's bipartisan commission. but she released a plan of her own that differs substantially from that of co-chairser skin bowls and alan simpson. it would reduce the deficit in 2015 by $441 billion. but would not make any changes in benefits to social security or medicare. her blueprint relys on $132 billion from closing or limiting a variety of corporate tax breaks, $110 billion from cuts to defense spending and generating more than $ 150 billion in other new revenue including taxing capitqlç gains as ordinary income.ç representative schakowsky joins us now from chicago. good to see you. thanks for joining us. >> thank you. >> woodruff: why go off and come up with your own plan? why not just go along with this bipartisan proposal by your co-chairs? >> well, i thought it was important to put forth a proposal that says we don't have to go after the middle and lower classes in our country in order to pay for deficit and debt that they had nothing to do with
tonight a progressive proposal from democratic congresswoman jan schakowsky of illinois. she's a member of the president's bipartisan commission. but she released a plan of her own that differs substantially from that of co-chairser skin bowls and alan simpson. it would reduce the deficit in 2015 by $441 billion. but would not make any changes in benefits to social security or medicare. her blueprint relys on $132 billion from closing or limiting a variety of corporate tax breaks, $110 billion...
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and illinois. so there's one, two three, four. even if they win all four of them, there still wouldn't be ten because the great mathematical mind that i have, that adds up to nine. did you follow that, mark? >> it means they only have 37 (laughing) only get to 49. >> lehrer: the polls have turned out to be exactly correct. the polls said the republicans would get the house big time. very close. but the democrats would maintain control of the senate. impediment to getting things going. a lot of interesting things in california which we'll be analyze for a long time to go. >> woodruff: we love doing the analyzing. spencer, we thank you. >> thank you, judy. >> lehrer: that ends our pbs newshour election night special. our coverage with those great pundits shields and brooks and others will continue online including results and vote tallies from the associated press. we'll see you there and again here, of course, tomorrow evening on the newshour. for now, i'm jim lehrer. and for all entire pbs newshour election team, thank you and goo
and illinois. so there's one, two three, four. even if they win all four of them, there still wouldn't be ten because the great mathematical mind that i have, that adds up to nine. did you follow that, mark? >> it means they only have 37 (laughing) only get to 49. >> lehrer: the polls have turned out to be exactly correct. the polls said the republicans would get the house big time. very close. but the democrats would maintain control of the senate. impediment to getting things...
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. >> reporter: and in illinois, republican mark kirk and democrat-alexi giannoulias. with so much uncertainty it promises to be a long night of vote counting across the nation. rart regardless of the outcome white house officials announced that the president will speak to the results in an afternoon news conference tomorrow. >> ifill: david, let's talk about some of those marquis races that kwame was talking about. starting with west virginia where we see joe manchin who is the governor of west virginia, the democrat, in a pretty tight race at least until recently against john raese, a businessman. >> this is one of the first really key races to watch because it's an early poll closing time tonight. 7:30 p.m. eastern and it is the fire wall for democrats in their battle for overall control of the senate. if manchin can hang on to this seat, that is already in democratic hands, the late senator byrd, that would go a long way to sort of putting up a blockade to senate control for the republicans for the rest of the night. you mentioned he's a governor there and he's qui
. >> reporter: and in illinois, republican mark kirk and democrat-alexi giannoulias. with so much uncertainty it promises to be a long night of vote counting across the nation. rart regardless of the outcome white house officials announced that the president will speak to the results in an afternoon news conference tomorrow. >> ifill: david, let's talk about some of those marquis races that kwame was talking about. starting with west virginia where we see joe manchin who is the...
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. >> ifill: democrats were not as lucky in the president's home state of illinois, where republican mark kirk bested obama favorite alexi giannoulias. >> we are 800 miles from any ocean, but a tsunami just hit the heartland! ( cheers and applause ) >> thank you, pennsylvania! ( cheers and applause ) >> ifill: and in the keystone state, republican pat toomey defeated another democratic hopeful, congressman democrat joe sestak. >> we've got to end the threats of the excessive government regulation and the huge, out of control role that washington has begun to play. >> ifill: the roll call of casualties continued throughout the night: arkansas senator blanche lincoln losing to republican john boozman; wisconsin republican ron johnson beating three-term democrat senator russ feingold. >> my friends, the people of wisconsin have spoken, and i respect their decision. i've called ron johnson and congratulated him and... ( audience boos ) ...and wished him well as our senator. and i also offered my help and the help of my staff in any transition. >> ifill: but in west virginia, democratic govern
. >> ifill: democrats were not as lucky in the president's home state of illinois, where republican mark kirk bested obama favorite alexi giannoulias. >> we are 800 miles from any ocean, but a tsunami just hit the heartland! ( cheers and applause ) >> thank you, pennsylvania! ( cheers and applause ) >> ifill: and in the keystone state, republican pat toomey defeated another democratic hopeful, congressman democrat joe sestak. >> we've got to end the threats of the...
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ohio, indiana, illinois, wisconsin. all of these are places that had big general motors plants. so it's definitely good for the midwest that general motors has gone through bankruptcy and survived. but there's going to be years and years to make up for here, and a lot of hard choices for people to make as well. >> brown: now michael robinet, a lot of people looking at this i.p.o. as not only a verdict on general motors but perhaps on the broader economy. but speak to that specifically about a verdict on the broader auto industry. what does this tell us, if anything, about that? >> there's a lot of optimism. certainly out of detroit there's a tremendous amount of optimism. i'll do with the vehicle parts suppliers and a number of them have had to go through a vetting process very similar to what we've seen g.m. do. they've closed capacity. they took out white-collar salary counts. they became more efficient. but they're at a point where everybody's break even has been lowered and we've got... the volumes are slowly rising. it's actually a very good environment to earn income in th
ohio, indiana, illinois, wisconsin. all of these are places that had big general motors plants. so it's definitely good for the midwest that general motors has gone through bankruptcy and survived. but there's going to be years and years to make up for here, and a lot of hard choices for people to make as well. >> brown: now michael robinet, a lot of people looking at this i.p.o. as not only a verdict on general motors but perhaps on the broader economy. but speak to that specifically...
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and some on the commission like congresswoman jan schakowsky, an illinois democrat, rejected it as well. >> i agree that the debt and the deficit are unsustainable. but this is not the way to do it. >> brown: but another commission democrat, north dakota senator kent conrad counseled caution, this morning on abc: >> instead of shooting this down, propose an alternative; but one that does as good a job as this one does in getting us back on a sound fiscal course. >> brown: republican leaders largely withheld comment. but some conservative groups blasted the tax-increase provisions. the proposal is not the full commission's report. that is due by december first. so, the debate is on and we have our own now, with maya macguineas, president of the committee for a responsible federal budget at the new america foundation. damon silvers is director of policy and special counsel at the afl-cio. and grover norquist, is the president of the advocacy group americans for tax reform. welcome to all of you. maya macguineas, i'll let you go first. we'll hear you're surrounded on two sides of different
and some on the commission like congresswoman jan schakowsky, an illinois democrat, rejected it as well. >> i agree that the debt and the deficit are unsustainable. but this is not the way to do it. >> brown: but another commission democrat, north dakota senator kent conrad counseled caution, this morning on abc: >> instead of shooting this down, propose an alternative; but one that does as good a job as this one does in getting us back on a sound fiscal course. >>...